Locomotive stake



Nov. 20, 1923. 1,474,658

P. WARREN LOCOMOTIVE STAKE Filed March 10. 1922 Patented Nov. 20, .1923.

EASKLEWARREN, or rEo IA, ILLINOIS.

LOCQMOTIVE. STAKE.

, Application filedMarch 10,

To all whom lt ma'y conaerm 7 ,Be it known that I, PasKLE YVARREN, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Peoria, in the county of Peoria'and State oflllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLoeo-motive Stakes, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing'hadto the c mp nyin drawing forming P of specification.

My invention relates primarily to the means by which cars are moved by a locomotive, when the locomotive is on one track and the car on the other, these means being ordinarily called stakes.

One object of my invention is the provision of a stake which is attached to the locomotive and is provided with means whereby the operator does not have to hold the stake in a socket on the locomotive, and the provision of further means to prevent either end of the stake from striking the ground with the resulting liability of an accident.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a stake which may be used to move a carin either direction from a given end of the locomotive.

Other objects of my invention will appear and be described in the specification.

The novelty of my invention will be hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1, is a plan view of the pilot, and pilot beam of an ordinary locomotive showing a pair of my stakes applied thereto.

Fig. 2, is an enlarged sectional View of 1 the pilot beam of F ig. 1, taken on ,the dotted line 22.

Fig. 3, is a broken detail of the rear end of a tender, showing one of my stakes attached thereto.

Fig. 4, is a plan view of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5, is an enlarged detail of the connecting block of stake shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

The same numerals of reference are used to indicate identical parts in all the figures.

Referring more particularly to- Figs. 1 and 2, the pilot beam 1, is provided with socket at each end by means of which a connecting block 2, is attached to the pilot beam, this block being provided with a trunnion or stem 3, which passes through the beam 1 and upper and 1 lower bearing 1,1922. s ree 1 To.,542,58. 1.

pl t 4 all, beam by ,bolts .6.

A pin 7 passes through the upper portion of the connecting block 2, and the forked end 8, of the stake 9,v thereby 'pivot all y mounting the stake'on the connecting block 2.' @The stake is prevented from being lowered beyond a predetermined point by a lug 10, which extends from the connecting block 2 and upon which the forked end 8 of the stake rests, though the free end of the stake may be raised if desired.

A saddle 11 is mounted adjacent the center of'the pilot beam and the two stakes rest in the depressions of the saddle when not in operation.

When staking a car while the locomotive is moving forward, the stake is placed in the positionof the dotted lines 12, while if the locomotive is moving backward the stake is placed in the position of the dotted lines 13.

If the car being handled is on the opposite side of the'locomotive, the stake on the other end of the pilot beam is used and adjusted as required.

Referring now to Figs. 3, 4, and. 5, the forked end 8, of the stake 9, is attached by mats-e- 5, which are secured ,tothe means of the pin 7 to the connecting block 14 which, as shown more clearlyv in Fig. 5,

is provided with a vertical opening for the reception of the pin 15 of Figs. 3 and 4, and

a horizontal opening for the reception of the pin'7, and the lug .10, similar in construction and arrangement and forthe same purpose as the lug 10 previously described.

The pin 15, Figs. 3 and 4, passes through and is capped at its free end by any suitable cap 19, which may be formed to fit the sockets'ordinarily carried by the ends of cars, or this cap may be forked to engage the corner of a car as desired.

It will be noted from the above that a locomotive equipped with my stakes may be used to move a car in either direction from either end of the locomotive and that while the stake is being used, there is no likelihood of the trainman being injured, and there is no possibility of the stake dropping to the ground or on the track and derailing either the car or locomotive as frequently happens with the stakes now in use. Further a stake constructed as above described does not have to be carried by the trainman and held beto carry the ordinary stake to the hooks provided for it, and placing it thereon.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim 1. In a stake the combination of a stake,

member, a connecting block provided with a movement limit and to which the stake member is pivotally connected ona horizontal axis, and a pivotal mounting for the connecting block on a vertical axis.

2. In a stake the combination of a stake member, a connecting block carrying a movement limit and through which the stake member is pivotally connected on a horizontal axis, a pivotal mounting for the connecting block on. a vertical axis, and means for holding the stake in a predetermined position against accidental misplacement.

PASKLE WARREN. 

